I-Procol Harum yiqembu le-rock laseBrithani abaculi balo ababeyizithixo zangempela zamaphakathi nawo-1960. Amalungu eqembu ahlanyise abathandi bomculo ngengoma yawo yokuqala ethi A Whiter Shade of Pale.
Ngendlela, ithrekhi isalokhu iwuphawu lweqembu. Yini enye eyaziwa ngeqembu okuqanjwe ngalo i-asteroid 14024 Procol Harum?
Umlando wokudalwa nokwakhiwa kweqembu le-Procol Harum
Iqembu lakhiwe edolobheni lase-Essex ngemuva kokuwa kweqembu lesigqi ne-blues Paramounts. Iqembu elisha belihlanganisa abaculi abalandelayo:
- UGary Brooker;
- Matthew Fisher;
- uBobby Harrison;
- Ray Royer;
- UDavid Knights.
Leli qembu labonakala kubathandi bomculo ngo-1967. Kulo nyaka, iculo elaziwa kakhulu labaculi elithi A Whiter Shade of Pale lizwakale emsakazweni. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwengoma, i-repertoire yeqembu iphinde yagcwaliswa ngenye ihithi yaseHomburg.
Ngo-1967, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa kabusha nge-albhamu yesitudiyo egcwele i-Procol Harum. Irekhodi liqoshwe ngaphansi kwephiko lelebula ye-Regal Zonophone e-UK (mono) kanye nelebula ye-Deram Record e-United States (i-mono ne-stereo).
Ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-albhamu yokuqala, ubudlelwano eqenjini baqala ukuwohloka kakhulu. Iqembu belisonqenqemeni lokuwa. Ngokushesha uHarrison noRoyer balishiya iqembu. Abaculi bathathelwe indawo uWilson noRobin Trower.
U-Lyricist uKeith Reed waba yilungu elingekho emthethweni leqembu. Ukuthanda kwakhe umlando wasolwandle kwabonakala emazwini eqembu.
I-albhamu ethi A Salty Dog ithokozele kakhulu abalandeli. Abagxeki bomculo babencoma kakhulu ngaleli qoqo.
Ngaphandle kokuduma, iqembu leProcol Harum selishintshile futhi. UFisher noKnights bashiye iqembu. Ithimba ligcwaliswe ngelungu elisha - uChris Copping.
E-Broken Barricades, uTrower waqala ukudlala ngesitayela sikaJimi Hendrix. Ngakho, umculi wenza kwaba nzima futhi ngcono umsindo izingoma zomculo ngamunye. Kodwa kube nenkinga entsha yokukala umsindo ebingahambelani nesaga senganekwane kaReid.
Ngokushesha uTrower wenza isinqumo sokushiya iqembu. Umculi waba yingxenye yeqembu likaJude. Uhlu lwe-Procol Harum selugcwaliswe kabusha ngabaculi abasha, uDave Bollom no-Alan Cartwright.
Ukwethulwa kwe-albhamu ebukhoma kanye nokubuya kwenani eliphakeme lokuduma i-Prokol Harum
Kulesi sakhiwo, i-discography yeqembu igcwaliswe nge-albhamu ebukhoma. Phila Ngekhonsathi Ne-Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Kungalindelekile kubaculi uqobo, iqoqo lekhonsathi lemukelwe ngesidumo abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo.
Lo mcimbi uholele ekwandeni kokuthandwa. I-LP ebukhoma, equkethe izinguqulo ze-Conquistador kanye ne-A Salty Dog, ifinyelele kwezi-5 eziphezulu. Iqoqo likhishwe ngokusakazwa kwamakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esi-1.
Izinguquko ezengeziwe eqenjini zilandele ngokuhamba kweBhola kanye nokufika kuka-Mick Grabham. Lona wakamuva waba yilungu leqembu ngo-1972. Ngendlela, iqembu lahlala kule ngqungquthela iminyaka emi-4. Abaculi baphinde bagcwalisa i-discography yeqembu ngama-albhamu amathathu.
Ukuhlukana kweProcol Harum
Ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-Something Magic ngo-1977, imboni yomculo yayisiqalile ukushintsha. Abathandi bomculo bafuna okuthile okusha. Iqembu le-rock laseBrithani selilahlekelwe ukuthandwa kwe-punk rock kanye "ne-wave entsha". Iqembu lidlale lolu hambo lamemezela ukuhlakazwa kweqembu.
Abaculi babuyela esiteji kuphela ngo-1991. Kulo nyaka bethule icwecwe labo elisha elithi The Prodigal Stranger kubalandeli babo.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, abaculi bethule i-albhamu ngokungalindelekile ethi The Well's On Fire. Iqoqo lamukelwe ngemfudumalo abathandi bomculo nabalandeli abaqotho, kodwa abagxeki bomculo banikeze imibono exubile.
Ngo-2017, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu kaNovumruen. Abaculi bakhiphe iqoqo lokuhlonipha usuku lomjikelezo. Iqiniso liwukuthi iqembu leProcol Harum lahlanganisa iminyaka engu-50 ubudala.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngeqembu le-Procol Harum
- U-Edmund Shklyarsky, umholi weqembu lePicnic, ungumlandeli webhendi ye-rock yaseBrithani.
- U-Gary Brooker kusingeniso sepiyano ku-The Emperors New Closes.
- Ngo-1967, uJohn Lennon ngokwakhe wahlanya kulokhu kuqanjwa kwe-A Whiter Shade of Pale. Wayiqopha emshinini wokuqopha amakhasethi futhi wahamba ephethe isiqophamazwi izinsuku eziningi ecula ehambisana nengoma.
- Iminyaka engu-38, ilungelo lobunikazi lomculo wengoma ethi A Whiter Shade of Pale kanye nelungelo lokuthola izinzuzo kwakungelikaGary Brooker.
- Iqembu ekuqaleni lalibizwa ngokuthi The Paramounts.
Ukushona komsunguli weqembu uGary Brooker
NgoFebhuwari 22, 2022, ukushona kukaGary Brooker kwaziwa. Ngesikhathi eshona wayeneminyaka engu-76 ubudala. Ukushona kwakhe kubikwa kusizindalwazi saleli qembu. Umculi ophambili weqembu wabulawa umdlavuza. Uyaziwa ukuthi ubelwa nomdlavuza eminyakeni embalwa edlule.
